long house
long house is the alternative form of longhouse.
Meaning of longhouse
Noun
longhouse (plural longhouses)
- A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
- They marched in under French Colours and were conducted into the Long House.1751, C. Gist, Journals, page 51
- An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
- To make wads and wisps for those that go to the Long-house (you know what I meane).1622, M. Alemán, chapter II, in J. Mabbe, transl., Rogue, page 355
- Synonyms:
- backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, Cousin John
- The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.
- Incredible witnessing the tone of the longhouse authoritarian liberal regime is that of an obsessive and histrionic ex or overbearing mother trying to gaslight you. The twilight days of the Soviet union at least tried to project an air of masculine competency via propaganda.2022 February 19, @giantgio, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022
Forms of long house
| plural | long houses |
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Questions about long house
- What is long house the alternative form of?
- Long house is the alternative form of longhouse.
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